Sights in Vienna - vienna.info

An overview of Vienna's main sights from A to Z at a glance: Museums, churches, zoos, castles, kid-friendly attractions and more.

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Academy of Fine Arts, Picture Gallery

The Picture Gallery in the building erected by Theophil Hansen on Vienna's ...

Albertina

The Albertina houses a world-famous collection of prints. Dürer’s "Hare" is ...

Albertina modern

The Albertina modern, a branch of the world-famous Albertina Museum, ...

Anker Clock

This clock (built 1911 - 1914) was created by the painter and sculptor Franz ...

Archives of the Austrian Resistance

The Archives of the Austrian Resistance (AAR) deal with the gruesome Nazi past.

Augarten

Augarten is Vienna’s oldest Baroque park and a paradise for all kinds of ...

Augarten Vienna Porcelain Manufactory

The Augarten Porcelain Manufactory in Vienna is the second oldest in Europe. ...

Az W – Architekturzentrum Wien

The Austrian Architecture Museum (Az W) is Austria's only architecture ...

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Beethoven in Vienna

Vienna was the focal point of Ludwig van Beethoven's life for more than 35 ...

Belvedere 21

The Belvedere 21 museum is not only highly interesting from an architectural ...

Belvedere – Palace and Museum

The Belvedere is not only a magnificent Baroque palace. As a museum it also ...

Burggarten

With its inviting lawn, views of magnificent imperial architecture and ...

Burgtheater

The theater was built from 1874 to 1888 according to designs by Gottfried ...

Butterfly House at the Burggarten in Vienna

The Palm House in Burggarten is considered one of the most beautiful art ...

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Imperial Crypt

The Imperial Crypt under the Capuchin Church is dedicated to members of the ...

Cemetery of St. Marx

The Cemetery of St. Marx is the last remaining Biedermeier cemetery in ...

Cemetery of the Nameless

Buried here are people who were washed up by the Danube between 1840 and 1940.

Central Cemetery

The cemetery is one of the most magical places in Vienna. Waiting to be ...

St. Charles Church

The mighty green dome of the radiant Karlskirche (Church of St. Charles) ...

Church of the Augustinian Friars

In the former Court Church – today highly considered because of its church ...

Church of the Most Holy Trinity (designed by Fritz Wotruba)

The Wotruba Church, which is officially known as the Church of the Most Holy ...

City Hall

The official residence of the Mayor of Vienna is one of the most imposing ...

Clock Museum

The Clock Museum in Vienna’s city center boasts Austria’s largest collection ...

Collection of Anatomical Pathology in the Madhouse Tower – NHM

The museum is housed in the so-called Fool's Tower. This ...

Collection of Arms and Armor

The artfully decorated arms, suits of armor and saddles in the Armory in the ...

Crime Museum

Visitors of the Crime Museum should have good nerves: here, the most ...

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Danube Tower

252 meters high, two fast lifts, 35 seconds up: The viewing terrace of the ...

Dialogue in the Dark

Anyone who has ever wanted to know how blind people perceive the world now ...

Dom Museum Wien

The Dom Museum Wien right next door to St. Stephen's Cathedral shows ...

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Ephesus Museum

The greatness and splendor of antique Ephesus (Turkey) come to life in the ...

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Austrian Film Museum

The Austrian Film Museum in the Albertina at the southern point of the ...

Foto Arsenal Wien

Vienna has a new exhibition venue for photography: the Foto Arsenal Wien. ...

Fire Service Museum

The headquarters of Vienna's professional fire service on Hof Square also ...

Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art

The Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art, which is housed in the ...

Viktor Frankl Museum

An interactive museum is dedicated to the world-famous founder of ...

Sigmund Freud Museum

Vienna’s most famous address immerses visitors in the world of ...

Ernst Fuchs Museum

In the years 1886 to 1888, Otto Wagner built the opulent white villa ...

Funeral Museum

The Funeral Museum at Vienna's Central Cemetery gives insights into the ...

Vienna Furniture Museum: The Emperor's Couch

How the emperor once lived: the former furniture of the Habsburgs is ...

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Geymüllerschlössel Manor House

The Geymüllerschlössel is one of the few places in Austria where you can ...

Giant Ferris Wheel

The Giant Ferris Wheel in the Prater is one of Vienna's symbols. Almost 65 ...

Globe and Esperanto Museum

At the renovated Palais Mollard, you can view the only Globe Museum in the ...

The Gloriette

The Gloriette stands on higher ground in Schönbrunn Palace park and offers a ...

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Hands Up

An exciting journey into the world of silence: in this interactive ...

Heidi Horten Collection

The Heidi Horten Collection presents spectacular works of art ranging from ...

Wien Museum Hermes Villa

Experience the history of the Hermes Villa, the former summer residence of ...

Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Splendor and glory in the heart of the inner city: Marvel at the private ...

Hofburg Vienna

Where the imperial family once lived, today one can find 300 events with up ...

Schloss Hof

Austria’s largest country palace complex, the Schloss Hof Estate, lies in ...

House of Austrian History

The Museum of Austrian Contemporary History on Heldenplatz sheds light on ...

House of Music

In Vienna's interactive sound museum, the world of music is to be discovered ...

House of the Sea

The House of the Sea shows fresh and salt water fish from around the world. ...

Hundertwasser House Vienna

The Hundertwasser House in Vienna is one of Austria’s architectural ...

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Immersium:Wien

At Immersium:Wien, exhibits come to life thanks to state-of-the-art ...

The Imperial Apartments

Empress Elisabeth and Emperor Franz Joseph once lived and worked here. ...

Imperial Carriage Museum

The Imperial Carriage Museum in the palace park of Schönbrunn Palace ...

Imperial Silver Collection

The Imperial Silver Collection in the Imperial Palace provides insights into ...

Imperial Treasury

Monarchical wealth: Vienna’s Hofburg Palace houses the most important ...

Islamic Center - Mosque

The mosque was built from 1975 to 1979 with funds donated by the former king ...

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Jewish Museum

The Jewish Museum on Dorotheergasse provides an overview of the history and ...

Josephinum

The Josephinum museum of medical history owns a world-famous collection and ...

Museum Judenplatz Vienna

Judenplatz is considered a singular place of remembrance; it combines three ...

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Klimt Villa

Gustav Klimt used a villa in the 13th Viennese district as a studio from ...

Wiener Konzerthaus

Music lovers experience lively musical variety at the first-class music ...

Kuffner Observatory

Take in a lecture and a tour of the historic observatory and, weather ...

Kunsthalle Wien

The Kunsthalle Wien is Vienna’s leading exhibition venue for contemporary ...

Kunst Haus Wien

Colorful surfaces, irregular shapes and sprawling greenery: Friedensreich ...

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (Art History Museum)

The Kunsthistorisches Museum exhibits the extensive collections of the ...

Kunstkammer Vienna

More than 2,100 valuable objects, which were collected by the emperors and ...

Künstlerhaus

The Künstlerhaus was built on Karlsplatz in 1868. The Künstlerhaus has shone ...

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Laxenburg Castle Park

Experience, sense, and enjoy history and garden art – that's what Laxenburg ...

Leopold Museum

Hundreds of masterworks of Austrian modern art collected by the passionate ...

Liechtenstein City Palace

After extensive renovations, the Liechtenstein City Palace shines with a new ...

Liechtenstein Garden Palace

Liechtenstein Garden Palace is a magnificent Baroque building with an ...

Literature Museum

The Literature Museum of the Austrian National Library presents the history ...

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Madame Tussauds

The world-famous waxworks museum Madame Tussauds is the highlight of the ...

Magic World Vienna

Magic World Vienna is the only magical theater world of its kind in Europe. ...

MAK - Museum of Applied Arts

Design is one of the main features of the MAK. The museum shows furniture, ...

The maze at Schönbrunn

In the old days, the Imperial family walked through these winding hedges. ...

Medieval Vergilius Chapel

The Vergilius Chapel next to St. Stephen’s Cathedral is one of the ...

Metro Kinokulturhaus

The new home of Austrian and international film shows retrospectives and ...

St. Michael's Church

Mozart’s final work, the Requiem, was first performed in St. Michael’s ...

Mozart in Vienna

Experience Mozart in Vienna: In his footsteps at original surroundings and ...

Mozarthaus Vienna

Though Mozart lived at a dozen different addresses in Vienna, the only ...

mumok - Museum of Modern Art

The mumok - Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation Vienna in the ...

Museum in the Scots Abbey

Vienna's oldest abbey is home to a museum filled with valuable treasures.

musa Museum Start Gallery Artothek

The musa hosts the collection of the Cultural Department of the City of ...

Museum of Illusions Vienna

Experience optical illusions and astonishing effects. Here, the boundaries ...

A Museum in the Laundry Room

"Red Vienna in the Laundry Room" deals with the history of the city of ...

Museum of Military History

The Museum of Military History in Vienna’s Arsenal shines a light on ...

Vienna Museum of Science and Technology

The Vienna Museum of Science and Technology devotes 22,000 square meters of ...

Museum of Change

At the former Central Post Office building in the heart of Vienna, historic ...

MuseumsQuartier

Vienna's sensational art area near the Imperial Palace draws visitors not ...

Musikverein

The Musikverein is Vienna's most famous center for classical music. Going to ...

Mythos Mozart

Vienna's new Mozart experience "Mythos Mozart" promises the world's only ...

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Naturhistorisches Museum Vienna (Natural History Museum)

The history of the earth and the breathtaking variety of nature can be ...

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Otto Wagner's Church at Steinhof

The Church of Saint Leopold at Steinhof is an Art Nouveau masterpiece from ...

Otto Wagner's Stadtbahn Pavilions

Otto Wagner, the pioneering architect of Vienna's Art Nouveau era, was the ...

Otto Wagner Court Pavilion Hietzing

Emperor Franz Joseph I opened the first city rail lines in 1898. Otto Wagner ...

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Palm House in Schönbrunn

Welcome to the jungle: The Palm House in the gardens of Schönbrunn Palace is ...

Papyrus Museum

Immerse yourself in the daily life of old Egypt – at the museum with the ...

Parliament and Palais Epstein

The Parliament building on Vienna's Ringstrasse boulevard is one of the most ...

Photos in the WestLicht and OstLicht

Photographic art from around the world, along with rare historical cameras ...

Vienna Planetarium

At the Vienna Planetarium, you will find the most modern star projector in ...

Porcelain Museum in the Augarten

A museum in the former imperial pleasure building in the Augarten ...

Austrian Post Savings Bank

Otto Wagner, one of Vienna's leading architects at the turn of the previous ...

Prater

An amusement park for many, place of nostalgic dreams for some, oasis of ...

Prater Museum

Vienna’s unique amusement park, the Wurstelprater, has been shaping the ...

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Into the Viennese Alps on the Rax cable car

Straight as a die up the Rax: The Rax cable car takes its guests up to the ...

"Remise" Transport Museum

The new Transport Museum of Wiener Linien was created in the former Erdberg ...

Vienna's Ringstrasse

Vienna's Ringstrasse is 5.3 kilometers long. Long enough to provide space ...

Roman Museum

A journey through time, back to the Vienna of ancient times – is what the ...

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Schloss Hof

Austria’s largest country palace complex, the Schloss Hof Estate, lies in ...

Heindl Chocolate Museum

A treat for chocolate lovers and sweet tooths of all ages, right at the ...

Schönberg in Vienna

The Arnold Schönberg Center manages the estate of the founder of twelve-tone ...

Schönbrunn Palace

The former summer residence of the Habsburgs impresses with imperial ...

Schönbrunn Zoo

The oldest zoo in the world, which is more than 250 years old, has evolved ...

Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky Center

An apartment museum for a real Viennese pioneer: Architect Margarete ...

Secession

In 1897, Gustav Klimt and a number of other artists quit the conservative ...

Vienna Shoe Museum

From the riding boots of Emperor Franz Joseph to the authentic ...

Sisi Museum

Beautiful and celebrated Empress Elisabeth has long since become a cult ...

Sisi's amazing journey: virtually through Vienna

Want to dive into the eventful life of Empress Sisi in an unusual way? The ...

Spanish Riding School

The Spanish Riding School and its world-famous Lipizzaners offers the ...

Stadtpark

The Stadtpark was Vienna's first public park and, thanks to the Johann ...

State Hall of the Austrian National Library

Europe's largest Baroque library houses over 200,000 historic books on its ...

Vienna State Opera

The Vienna State Opera offers a diverse program of operas and ballet works. ...

St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna

St. Stephen's Cathedral is the symbol of Vienna and also the very center of ...

House of Strauss

The House of Strauss now features a museum about the Waltz King in the ...

Johann Strauss Monument

Edmund Hellmer's golden Strauss Monument is the most popular photographic ...

Synagogue

The Jewish City Temple was built in the years 1825-26 by Josef Kornhäusel, ...

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Theater Museum

In the 17th-century Baroque Palais Lobkowitz, near the Imperial Palace, they ...

The Third Man Museum

The Third Man Museum is a meeting place for people interested in film and a ...

Time Travel through Vienna

In Vienna city center, go on a virtual journey through the history of Vienna ...

Treasury of the Teutonic Order

The Order of Teutonic Knights subdued the territory later known as East ...

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University of Vienna

The University of Vienna was opened in 1884. Today, you can take a guided ...

UNO City

The Vienna International Centre (VIC), known locally as UNO City, is one of ...

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Wiener Aktionismus Museum (Vienna Actionism Museum)

A museum in Vienna’s city center is dedicated to Viennese Actionism, which ...

Villa Beer

During the interwar period, Josef Frank created a piece of Viennese ...

Volksgarten

The fairytale Volksgarten, with its picturesque rose bushes and the ...

Votive Church

After two decades of renovation, the Votive Church shines in new splendor. ...

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Weltmuseum Wien

The Weltmuseum Wien on Heldenplatz shows valuable treasures from around the ...

Werkbund Estate

The Werkbund Estate combines the great architects of the pioneering age of ...

Wien Museum

The Wien Museum on Karlsplatz was reopened in late 2023 after a multi-year ...

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ZOOM Children's Museum

The ZOOM Children's Museum is all about questioning, touching, exploring, ...